Grades K–2
Season Riddles
Read eight clues and write the season each one tells about, then write your own riddle.
Science worksheet · Seasons
Animals in Winter
Sort nine animals by how they get through winter: hibernate, migrate or adapt.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Seasons, Weather patterns, How Earth moves
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Animals get ready for winter in different ways. Some hibernate: they sleep deeply all winter. Some migrate: they travel somewhere warmer. Some adapt: they stay and change how they live.
- Write each animal under what it does in winter.
- If you were an animal, would you hibernate, migrate or adapt? Why?
Words on this sheet
humpback whaleCanada goosemonarch butterflybatMigrateblack bearAdapt
Teacher tip
Show a short clip of a hibernating bear or migrating geese.
How to use it
- Look out the window and talk about the season right now.
- Use a globe and a lamp to show Earth’s tilt.
- Let partners compare answers and settle any differences with a book or a video.
Watch for
Seasons are not caused by Earth being closer to the sun. They come from the tilt.
Talk about it
- How do animals get ready for winter?
- How could we find out if that is true?
Take it further
Adopt a tree and photograph it once a season.
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More seasons worksheets
Grades K–1
The Four Seasons
A seasons wheel with a tree in spring, summer, fall and winter to color and trace, then draw your favorite season.
Grades K–2
Seasons Sort
Write twelve things under the season they fit best, from mittens to raking leaves.
Grades 2–4
Why Do We Have Seasons?
Read how Earth’s tilt makes the seasons, mark seven facts true or false and fix one.
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